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On 07/20/2015 03:47 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 7/20/2015 3:45 PM, philo wrote:



When we get the new sink, I'll just let her put it in.


This little project is expanding quite a bit as now she has decided to
replace the 25 year old wall paper too.

I can't argue with that one...it's time.


So as long as the walls are going to be stripped, I figure this will be
a good time to open them up and rewire the whole kitchen.


Might as well.

The wallpaper will probably get messed up during the sink installation.
She might want to install tile back splashes, too, along with the new
sink. I'm sure she'll think of more to do. Maybe new cabinets?





Here is the plan:


Hire a friend to remove the wallpaper.

I will then open the walls and rewire.

Same friend will then prep the walls.


Next the sink and counter will be removed. The cabinets are in good
condition but I will have to hire my friend to sand and paint them to
match the new color scheme.


We will hire a professional paper-hanger to put in the wallpaper.


Finally the new sink/counter top will be installed...

The back-splash will be about six inches high . Since the sink, counter
and back-splash are all one piece there should be no water damage.


The one being replaced has minor water damage...but considering I did it
25 years ago, I think I can say I got my money's worth by now.


What about the floor? And new appliances?

I am sure the lighting can be improved as well.

Stop there? You probably need bathroom overhauls and additions along with
making the basement into an "entertainment center" (your definition may vary
from mine-watch out for the purple neon).

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Muggles wrote:
On 7/20/2015 3:56 PM, philo wrote:
On 07/20/2015 03:47 PM, Muggles wrote:
On 7/20/2015 3:45 PM, philo wrote:



When we get the new sink, I'll just let her put it in.


This little project is expanding quite a bit as now she has
decided to replace the 25 year old wall paper too.

I can't argue with that one...it's time.


So as long as the walls are going to be stripped, I figure this
will be a good time to open them up and rewire the whole kitchen.


Might as well.

The wallpaper will probably get messed up during the sink
installation. She might want to install tile back splashes, too,
along with the new sink. I'm sure she'll think of more to do.
Maybe new cabinets?





Here is the plan:


Hire a friend to remove the wallpaper.

I will then open the walls and rewire.

Same friend will then prep the walls.


Next the sink and counter will be removed. The cabinets are in good
condition but I will have to hire my friend to sand and paint them to
match the new color scheme.


We will hire a professional paper-hanger to put in the wallpaper.


Finally the new sink/counter top will be installed...

The back-splash will be about six inches high . Since the sink,
counter and back-splash are all one piece there should be no water
damage.


The one being replaced has minor water damage...but considering I
did it 25 years ago, I think I can say I got my money's worth by now.




My poor kitchen need some tlc, too. Now, I'm jealous.

My kitchen is still in the planning/layout phase , we haven't broken
ground yet . You probably don't know , but the wife and I live in a 25 foot
camping trailer in a clearing out in the woods . Well , that's a little
misleading , there's also a 16 x 24 room , attached to the camper via a
temporary hallway . The kitchen is phase II , and will be 24 x 24 with a 16
x 10 combination pantry/storm shelter/general storage area underneath .

Do you have a building permit & COO?

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:56:33 -0700 (PDT), Uncle Monster
wrote:

I always wanted to live in a converted missile silo. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Silo Monster

Back years ago in late 70s, early 80s, Nike missile bases were closed
down in South Florida. The land became an immigration processing
center facility, Krome Detention Center. HWY 27.

Immigration lost control, 200 escapes in one day. We sent staff over
to teach them how to count and how to control a confinement facility.

An officer knocked a rioter out cold. He was never identified (I knew
who the officer was). The Director was ****ed off when the Miami
Herald paper hit his desk in D.C.. The photo showed liquid flying from
the prisoner's face. Staff even locked up a reporter - thinking he
was an inmate.

This was a very large manhunt of 200 escapees.

Was El Pancho(sp) one of them?

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On 07/20/2015 05:35 PM, Muggles wrote:



The one being replaced has minor water damage...but considering I did it
25 years ago, I think I can say I got my money's worth by now.




My poor kitchen need some tlc, too. Now, I'm jealous.




To hire real contractors, this would cost some money
but most of it will be done by myself, with some help from a friend who
works for $12.50 an hour...so it is not going to cost a fortune.

The gov't is requiring you to pay him 15 bux and hour so don't cheap out!
Does he get bennies?

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 17:16:39 -0500, philo wrote:

On 07/20/2015 04:28 PM, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:02:20 -0500, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

I'm sure, according to her, you'll screw that up too. :-)

People still install wall paper?

Oh yes.

Wallpaper is a big industry.

In the kitchen of course I had vinyl coated put in so it could be washed.

I was not so good at washing though.

Wow. Next thing will be Avocado and Almond Gold appliances for the
bath and kitchen.

Don't tell my wife!

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On 07/20/2015 08:57 PM, Oren wrote:





Years ago we did have an avocado refrigerator that we got rid of.
It was still working but the color was too hard to take.

The kitchen appliances are now black.

My wife did not like the stuff I had, so she just bought new appliances
herself

Can I hazard a guess, she spent your money




Nope


one secret to a good marriage is /separate/ savings accounts

It was money she worked for and saved.

She is very good about things like that.


She has an excellent record of *not* spending my money and has been so
good at it that 15 years ago I told her I was taking her on a shopping
trip and I would buy her **anything** she wanted.

She then had me repeat what I said and I told her that she had heard me
correctly.

I figured she would get new cookware but was wrong.

That's the day I went out and bought her one Caret engagement ring.


(The company I worked for paid very generous bonuses on a quarterly basis.)


Some people may think I'm a sucker but I was just relieved she did not
take off to the Mercedes dealership.


sheesh


When I told my daughter what happened...she said


"You mean she engaged herself to you?"



Ten years after that we got married...


I didn't ask though.,,,I believe she gave me an ultimatum.


BTW: I never took her shopping again.

She must really like you... We're not gonna see see on Ashley Madison are
we?

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On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:42:54 -0400, Tekkie®
wrote:

People still install wall paper?

Oh yes.

Wallpaper is a big industry.

In the kitchen of course I had vinyl coated put in so it could be washed.

I was not so good at washing though.

Wow. Next thing will be Avocado and Almond Gold appliances for the
bath and kitchen.

Don't tell my wife!

Give me the number: 202-

Maybe Donald can call

philo wrote:
The wife and I decided to replace our kitchen sink and counter with an
all-in-one sink/counter combination.


One the way to the store, she told me:

And this time do the faucet right.


"What do you mean ?" I asked.


She then informed me that hot is normally on the left and cold is
normally on the right....
and I told her that was they way I put it in 25 years ago...."Correctly"


"We'll settle this when we get home" she told me.


The sink just has a single lever...so I told her:


"Regardless of it being right or wrong, just push the lever to the
position that is *supposed* to be hot.


The moved the lever to the left...then I told her to feel the water
which was hot as it should be.


After confirming that indeed the water was hot, she remarked:


"I still think you did it wrong!"





My good friend Pete told me years ago that if God wanted women to
understand plumbing he would have given them brains instead of boobs.

His words, not mine...

Jeff

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(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.